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=== Instability of Visscher and early losses ===
When the [[Chinese]] forces, numbering up to 1,000 and threatening to cut supply lines to Semarang, arrived in Tanjung in April 1741, Visscher told the regent to deal with them; however, the regent's forces stalled, refusing to move until they received a tribute of high quality rice.{{sfn|Setiono|2008|p=137}}{{sfn|Ricklefs|1983|p=271}} After Yonko sent the rice, the regent's men went to Tanjung, stood with the rebels outside of their range, then fired and left.{{sfn|Setiono|2008|p=137}} The rebels soon occupied a sugar mill there.{{sfn|Setiono|2008|p=139}} In Grobogan, Mertopuro, armed with weapons from the Dutch military command, staged an attack on the Chinese rebels, in which the Javanese troops opened fire on the Chinese before the Dutch came.{{sfn|Raffles|1830|p=239}} Once the Dutch arrived, Mertopuro showed bullet wounds in horses—inflicted by his own men—as proof that he had fought.{{sfn|Raffles|1830|p=239}}
To deal with the increasing pressure being put on by the Chinese, Visscher sent orders to company strongholds throughout the north coast to hire as many native, non-Javanese, mercenaries as could be found;{{sfn|Ricklefs|1983|p=241}} he also ordered the regents of Pati, [[Jepara Regency|Jepara]], Kudus, and Cekalsewu, then in Semarang for a military meeting, to send troops to cut off the insurgents' escape.{{sfn|Setiono|2008|p=139}} The regents, loyal to {{nowrap|Pakubuwono II}}, sent 540 troops to Tanjung, then secretly left for Kartosuro.{{sfn|Setiono|2008|p=139}} However, when the troops arrived they feinted an attack, then pulled back to Semarang.{{sfn|Raffles|1830|p=240}} When Visscher realised that the regents had disappeared, {{nowrap|Pakubuwono II}} told him that he would send them back with a further 6,000 soldiers, requesting that Visscher secure compensation from the company headquarters in Batavia.{{sfn|Setiono|2008|p=140}}
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